Amtrak Across America Combo - DVD Video

Amtrak Across America Combo (DVD Video)

Featuring 2 Shows on 1 Disc!
Amtrak Across America: 25th Anniversary and
Amtrak's X2000 Demonstration

From the early years when a rainbow mix of motive power and passenger cars pioneered its debut service, Amtrak has been a subject of avid interest to railfans. Pentrex celebrates the first twenty-five years of Amtrak history with two special documentaries. Included on this Combo DVD are:

Amtrak Across America; 25th Anniversary. Climb aboard for a tribute to the first quarter century of Americas national passenger train service. Amtraks colorful history rolls across the screen, from the earliest years to the Genesis locomotives and high-speed corridors of the 1990s. Historic footage of passenger trains prior to Amtrak sets the stage. Then youll see great views of Amtrak as it evolved. Highlights include the Southwest Chief, Coast Starlight, Empire Builder, Desert Wind, Sunset Limited, and other well known trains as they travel on the Northeast Corridor, the Hudson Division, Horse Shoe Curve, Chicago Hub, and other famous routes. Travel to scenic locations across the country to see Amtrak at its finest!

Amtraks X2000 Demonstration. Amtraks search for new equipment to serve the Northeast Corridor allowed ABB-Traction to demonstrate its futuristic X2000 trainset. After initial testing, the X2000 began scheduled revenue service in February 1993, running from Washington, D.C. to New York City and occasionally on to New Haven and back. The sleek, high-speed train amazed everyone with its looks, speed, and ride. Pentrex takes you aboard the train to see how its radial self-steering trucks, car body tilt functions, and regenerative braking systems operate. A cab ride gives you an idea what its like to zip down the corridor at 135 mph. Then we go trackside and airborne for shots of the train racing through the countryside. Join Pentrex for a ride on Amtraks X2000 Demonstration!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• amtrak
• passenger
• train
• railroad
• northeast
• pentrex
• railfans
• x2000
• america
• empire
• builder
• sunset
• limited
• southwest
• coast

[megatwingo]

Cool train. Thumbs up! :)

[pepperjackcheese1]

Amtrak's X-2000 Souths on prect

[pepperjackcheese1]

An

[fordlukebo]

@Amtrak1194 there are one.

[MrFlightfan]

@imagreatbigman This one went back to Sweden where it still sees regular service on our highspeed lines.

[SkippersOfSWE]

IM proud to be a Swed!

(sense we built it)!

[RIRRmuseum]

This was a test train that Amtrak ran with ABB to study what kind of train to design for the year 2000. Acela was the result of the process and tilt technology was a big part of the decision.

JackMc©abe

[AdmiralArcher]

I bet it'll beat the current Acela Express, and I know trains that can go TURBO than just 150 MPH s.

[Amtrak1194]

@HyperActive7 they certainly do not!

the AEM-7's are doing just fine the HHP8's are performing perfectly

the E60's were replaced just because of their limited speed and the Acela's are doing what they were doing what they were designed to do (for a few minutes in Massachusetts) the update would be wasted congressional money and would only bring us foreign locomotives that perform maybe as well as the AEM-7's and HHP8's

[Amtrak1194]

@FUNDARIVEN Sweden